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The weather was cold and raw throughout the day, and 

 the wind South- West. We saw smoke rising in columns 

 from many parts of the woods, and I should have been 

 more anxious to see the natives, if there had been any 

 person with me who could have introduced me to them ; 

 but as that object could not be then attained without con- 

 siderable loss of time, I determined to pursue the navi- 

 gation while it continued to be so favourable, and to wait 

 till my return, if no very convenient opportunity offered 

 in the mean time, to engage in an intercourse with them. 



Wednesday 19. The morning was foggy, and at three 

 we were on the water. At half past that hour, our course 

 was East by South three quarters of a mile, a small river 

 flowing in from the right. We then proceeded South by 

 East half a mile, and South-South-West a mile and an 

 half. During the last distance, clouds of thick smoke 

 rose from the woods, that darkened the atmosphere, ac- 

 companied with a strong odour of the gum of cypress and 

 the spruce-fir. Our courses continued to be South- West 

 a mile and a quarter, North-West by West three quar* 

 ters of a mile, South-South-East a mile and a quarter, 

 East three quarters of a mile, South-West one mile, West 

 by South three quarters of a mile, South-East by South 

 three quarters of a mile, South by West half a mile, 

 West by South three quarters of a mile, South by West 

 two miles and an half. In the last course there was an 

 island, and it appeared to me, that the main channel of 

 the river had formerly been on the other side of it. The 

 banks were here composed of high white cliffs, crowned 

 with pinnacles in very grotesque shapes. We continued 

 to steer South-East by South a mile and an half, South 

 by East half a mile, East one mile and a quarter, South- 

 East by East one mile, South by East three quarters of a 

 mile, South-East by East one mile, South-South-East 

 half a mile, East one mile and a quarter, South by East 

 half a mile, East a mile and an half, South-South-East 

 three miles, and South- West three quarters of a mile. 

 In the last course the rocks contracted in such a manner 

 on both sides of the river, as to afford the appearance of 

 the upper part of a fall or cataract. Under this appre- 

 hension we landed on the left shore, where we found a 

 kind of foot-path, imperfectly traced, through which we 

 conjectured that the natives occasionally passed their ca- 

 noes and baggage. On examining the course of the river, 



